I wish foreman William Zervakos used logic (and the other 3 jurors, too) to come to a "better" conclusion than their deadlock verdict in the penalty phase, but not everyone thinks logically. They use their emotions to come up with answers to missy's :jail: obvious premeditated murder of Travis.
The mitigating factors brought up for missy :jail:, have no bearing on her murdering Travis at all, IMO. It's ludicrous to think that because of one text (?), Travis was abusive to missy :jail: and, also, no one validated her alleged abuse by her parents. :aktion1:
What possible use are missy's :jail: "talents" in real life? Artist, hair, recycling, teaching Spanish? Ludicrous- all of them- in saying she has any value anymore and can contribute to society.She needs to be locked away from people so she can no longer be among other people- even other criminals.
I'm really afraid of having people like Zervakos in the retrial of the penalty phase; we don't need another hung jury. He did not follow the jury instruction and used his emotions to form his opinions. I know that people come in to a jury with their life experiences (and I did comment on that many posts ago about the foreman- I don't think anyone liked what I had to say about his life experiences then, but I digress), but they need to follow the jury instructions because it is the law.
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Jury Foreman for Jodi Arias - Crime Writer Inside the Courtroom"
Like most of his fellow jurors, Zervakos resembled a statue most of the time during testimony. But one day I tweeted to my followers that I saw a juror nodding in agreement with a witness. I can now disclose that the juror I watched nod his head positively in concurrence with a witness was number 18, William Zervakis. It came when one of the trial's psychologists was saying that what happens to us as children, especially abuse, shapes who we become as adults.
He did it in a most definite way, not just one vague dip of the chin but a clear series of nods to several statements from the stand. My twittles were instantly panicked, engaging with my tweet, feeling it meant he "bought" the defense theory that Travis was abusive to Jodi...
What were some of the ways in which Jodi lied to, betrayed, or invaded the privacy of Travis to make him so angry? Jodi did all of the following things to Travis:
-stole an engagement ring he had purchased for a girlfriend before he ever met Jodi
-slashed his tires, more than once
-snuck into his home repeatedly, even hiding behind the Christmas tree
-manipulated his social media accounts with his stolen passwords
-sent harassing anonymous emails to his romantic interests
-lied to his best friends about him
-disrupted his relationships with other women and with his friends
Who wouldn't have angry words burning on the tongue after such incidents? By discounting Dr. DeMarte's testimony that Travis's anger was not an abnormal response to the provocation of betrayal and deception, and instead characterizing Travis as "abusive" to Jodi, the jury foreman is telling us that men don't have a right to be angry with women. Or, rather, they don't have a right to be angry with young, slim women with long hair and full lips. And soft voices...
Speaking to Vargas on GMA, Zervakos told us that it was his job as a juror to "divest himself from the personal and emotional" but in the same breath he told us the defendant's looks "just didn't wash" in relation to the crime...
I just wish Mr. Zervakos had based his mistrial-inducing decision on something better than Jodi's well practiced posturing herself into the small and helpless. We know she's not helpless. We know her wispy bangs crown a cunning mind. We know her pretty eyes mask violent anger. I know that Mr. Zervakos carefully considered the testimony and evidence presented to him, I know he wanted to do the right thing. But his comments to Elizabeth Vargas will live forever.
And I know I won't be the only one wishing he had thought less about how Jodi looked and focused more on how Travis looked after she was done with him."
http://camillekimball.blogspot.com/2013/05/jury-foreman-for-jodi-arias-crime.html
Be afraid- be very afraid of some jurors :scared:
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